Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or whenever we get around to it) to talk about current news and our boring lives and to make fun of LaEscapee! If we are ever running late, it’s PhilJD’s fault.
This Day in History
Fidel Castro seizes power in Cuba; Abraham Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation; Ellis Island opens; Hank Williams Senior dies
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: 9 nuns at NY convent die from COVID-19 in month
Race to vaccinate millions in US off to slow, messy start
Wisconsin hospital worker arrested for spoiled vaccine doses
Nashville assessing building damage from Christmas bombing
Both newspapers in Utah’s capital print final daily editions
Federal checks salvage otherwise dreadful 2020 for US farms
Bomb-sniffing dogs? Check. Times Square crowd? Not this year
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Serial squirrel: Neighbors keep eye out for fierce rodent
US Politics
Trump extends visa ban, health coverage policy advances
GOP senator rebukes ‘dangerous ploy’ to fight Biden victory
Chief justice praises work of federal courts during COVID-19
International News
Under fire, France pledges speedier vaccination rollout
Guinea uses Russian COVID-19 vaccine on some officials
New Year’s revelries muted by virus as curtain draws on 2020
Britain ends long Brexit journey with economic break from EU
Sports
West Virginia rallies to beat Army 24-21 in Liberty Bowl
Brawl mars Mississippi State’s Armed Forces win over Tulsa
Ball State beats No. 19 San Jose State 34-13 in Arizona Bowl
No. 1 Alabama and No. 4 Notre Dame move CFP clash to Texas
Sugar Bowl: Unfinished business for Clemson and Ohio State
Browns lose CB Ward for Steelers game after positive test
Dolphins QB Ryan Fitzpatrick tests positive for COVID-19
Canada approves NHL camps, but provinces must rule on games
Breakthroughs come on, off field in 2020 for women’s sports
Breakfast Blogs
1968 Is No Longer the Worst Year I’ve Experienced, But a New Year Starts Tomorrow Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Four Years Ago Today, Russia Told Trump the Deep State Was Targeting Trump Along with Russia emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Who Did More This Year to Help their (or anyone else’s) Country? Peterr, emptywheel
The Worst. But Not Just That. Tim Miller, The Bulwark
Lame duck a l’orange digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Getting better all the time (can’t get no worse): A New Year’s mix tape Dennis Hartley, Digby’a Hullabaloo
Dear Posterity tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
What reason got to do with it? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
New Year’s Message: Make The World A Better Place Mike Masnick, Techdirt
On Mike Pence’s Behalf, DOJ Tells Court That Louie Gohmert’s Attempt to Sue VP Is ‘A Walking Legal Contradiction’ Matt Naham, Law & Crime
2020: The Year We Motherf*ckin WON.
Increases in extreme human longevity: Some statistical questions Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
A small redemption of a miserable year Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Just a Harmless Little Bunny driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: More Populism Hawley-Style Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Haiku Review of 2020 (Part 3): It Is What It Is The Rude Pundit, at his blog
I WANT YOU TO DO ME A FAVOR, THOUGH Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Requiem For A Goddamn HERO: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, God Damn. Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
2020: The Year We Motherf*ckin WON. Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Now We Know What Rudy Giuliani’s Chram Must Feel Like: A Sincere Wonkette Reflection On 2020 Liz Dye, Wonkette
2020: The Year We Marched For Black Lives While The Cops Whined Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Here Are Just Some Of The 85,000 Stupid Things People Believed This Year Robyn Pennacchis, Wonkette
America’s Plague Year Also Featured A Pandemic! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
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